Chapter XVIII – The Battle of Denmark, part III
Players: UK, CAN, FRA, SU, GERx2, ITA, JAP
recap: Last youtube clip on the battle of Denmark, including battles of Guldborgsund, a naval skirmish and more HERE!
January 8th, 1940
The US is clearly gearing up for war. The low neutrality means that a fairly low amount of funds and industry need to go for consumer goods. Italy is clearly perceived as a big threat. That is probably not due to their actual threat on the US, which is small, but due to the fact that Il Duce is perceived as a raging lunatic that might have a dangerous influence on the fate of Europe. In the end, it is how Germany is perceived that matter the most. Still, the American leadership seems to think they can sit this one out. But for how long will they think that..?
January 14th, 1940
Although the weather has been improving somewhat, the skillful German tactics makes the Canadian enterprise close to a suicide. The attackers are outsmarted at every turn, using outdated equipment and attacks out of a narrow, wet and freezing cold bridgehead. Luckily, they are making up for some of that with sheer number. Nevertheless, one of the originally four divisions has broken off their attack – the men all used up.
However, the Germans under General Behlendorff , have been fighting nonstop in twelve days, since the 2nd of January, and are beginning to buckle under the pressure. But they have nowhere to go – if not onto ship.
January 19th-25th, 1940
After the victory at Guldborgssund, the Brits renewed their aerial effort to protect Copanhagen. They had obvious problems, however, and fought a losing battle. Several of their bomber squadrons were caught in the air as they were operating over Denmark and it was simply a costly British air war.
The Allied stubbornness delayed the Axis, but could not stop the inevitable. Copenhagen was destroyed piece by piece – the airfields, the infrastructure and the ports. Still, the Danish had quite the supply stored in various places and the Luftwaffe had to target everything that seemed to be a supply dump or supply trucks moving in a convoy.
Authors note: All that supply need to go before we will start target the actual troops.
See youtube clip for the supply-bombing of the destroyed city of Copenhagen, some Japanese intel, Italy’s thoughts on a campaign to retake Sicily and a little bit on the convoy war:
Players: UK, CAN, FRA, SU, GERx2, ITA, JAP
recap: Last youtube clip on the battle of Denmark, including battles of Guldborgsund, a naval skirmish and more HERE!
January 8th, 1940
The US is clearly gearing up for war. The low neutrality means that a fairly low amount of funds and industry need to go for consumer goods. Italy is clearly perceived as a big threat. That is probably not due to their actual threat on the US, which is small, but due to the fact that Il Duce is perceived as a raging lunatic that might have a dangerous influence on the fate of Europe. In the end, it is how Germany is perceived that matter the most. Still, the American leadership seems to think they can sit this one out. But for how long will they think that..?
January 14th, 1940
Although the weather has been improving somewhat, the skillful German tactics makes the Canadian enterprise close to a suicide. The attackers are outsmarted at every turn, using outdated equipment and attacks out of a narrow, wet and freezing cold bridgehead. Luckily, they are making up for some of that with sheer number. Nevertheless, one of the originally four divisions has broken off their attack – the men all used up.
However, the Germans under General Behlendorff , have been fighting nonstop in twelve days, since the 2nd of January, and are beginning to buckle under the pressure. But they have nowhere to go – if not onto ship.
January 19th-25th, 1940
After the victory at Guldborgssund, the Brits renewed their aerial effort to protect Copanhagen. They had obvious problems, however, and fought a losing battle. Several of their bomber squadrons were caught in the air as they were operating over Denmark and it was simply a costly British air war.
The Allied stubbornness delayed the Axis, but could not stop the inevitable. Copenhagen was destroyed piece by piece – the airfields, the infrastructure and the ports. Still, the Danish had quite the supply stored in various places and the Luftwaffe had to target everything that seemed to be a supply dump or supply trucks moving in a convoy.
Authors note: All that supply need to go before we will start target the actual troops.
See youtube clip for the supply-bombing of the destroyed city of Copenhagen, some Japanese intel, Italy’s thoughts on a campaign to retake Sicily and a little bit on the convoy war:
